Not linuxes fault

[NoOp]

On 01/11/2009 12:54 PM, Doug Pollard wrote:
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>          Here is my solution.  I have now a dual boot system were xp can 
> be used for a few of the things I have not been able to do in Ubuntu. I 
> have Ubuntu 8.04 on my second hard drive to do video on and almost 
> everything else I do.  My solution to things that break from updates or 
> what ever reason is that I store all my files on an external drive. This 
> also helps to keep my hard drive from filling up with big numbers of 
> Gigs of video.  If I break something and can't fix it I just reinstall 
> Ubuntu and go on with my work.  With updates it takes a couple hours 
> rather than  a couple days of hunting for help and reading tutorials and 
> trying and often failing at fixes. 
>         One of the things I plan to work at is learning to install a tar 
> package  I have struggled with this several times without any success.   
> It is not often that it is needed but now and then it would be nice.  
> The upside to what I am doing is it lets me keep learning  while having 
> the few programs I have not been able to get up and running in Ubuntu.
>          Maybe this will help someone else who is struggling to learn 
> Linux and finding it tough sledding.
> 
>                                                                          
>       Doug
> 

Bravo to you for taking such steps to do your vido work w/linux/Ubuntu.
One thing you might look into is (if you have a powerful enough system
w/plenty of memory) is running the WinXP using VirtualBox or VMWare;
that way you don't have to reboot/dualboot to run the programs that are
WinXP essential. You can easily have the WinXP run on a second workspace
and flip between the two; just be sure to 'Pause' the WinXP when you are
not using it so that it doesn't eat up your CPU resources.

Obviously you'd need to test the Wacom etc., in the VM, but if you can
get them to work there then you should be good to go.